Project-Based Learning, #3
Recently in this space I have been praising project-based learning, because it enables students to become producers of knowledge, not merely consumers (and sometimes regurgitators). As noted earlier, the best projects are ones where the teacher or teachers do not know ‘The correct answer’ because they also are engaged in the journey of discovery.
In the end, students own the work they have done; school is no longer just about tests, test scores, and the question teachers dread, “Will this be on the test?”
The first two projects I wrote about involved water and air; this one gets students out in their communities, which means it will also introduce adults who don’t have school-age children to the wonders of what is possible in public education.
Done well, this work enables young people to develop at least six skills that will serve them well throughout their adult lives.
1) working together with peers;
2) communicating across generations;
3) specific production CONTINUE READING: Project-Based Learning, #3 | The Merrow Report
